Say It Ain't So Already

Philadelphia Mayor Tells Constituents: “Don’t Act Like Idiots and Assholes”

January 14, 2012 at 2:52 PM 1 comment

I can’t say I’m all that familiar with Philadelphia’s Mayor Michael Nutter, but I like any politician who has the guts to cut through the spin and the gobbledygook:

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has some advice for his criminal constituents: don’t “act like idiots and a[ss]holes.”

A Tuesday night shooting in Philadelphia left three teenagers dead and Nutter fuming.

The outspoken mayor lashed out at the city’s youth and their parents as well as the murder suspect — all of whom shared responsibilty for the tragedy, according to Nutter.

“The first way to stop this kind of stuff is for young people to be home when they’re supposed to be home and for adults not to act like idiots and a–holes out in the streets of our city, shooting at kids in a car,” Nutter told Fox 29 on Tuesday.

“If you want to act like an idiot, if you want to be an a–hole, if you want to be a lowlife in this town, we will track you down like the dog that you are,” Nutter added, according to CBS Local News.

Philadelphia parents did not escape Nutter’s tongue-lashing.

“Parents have to know where their children are and what they are doing,” Nutter said, according to CBS Local News. “Their little butts should have either been in bed, getting ready for bed, or doing some homework.

Obviously the issue of inner-city crime is complicated but it’s good to hear this kind of talk now and then because my sense is people really hear it; they take it in and think about it.  At least I hope that’s the case.

Anyway, you go Mayor Nutter!

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